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56:25
How to Hide in Plain Sight: Next-Level Digital Privacy
Ivan Banov
BSides SLC
· 2025
Technical
OPSEC
Privacy
Intro
Talk
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2025-10
39:40
The Dark Side of Wireless Networks: Intro to Wi-Fi Hacking
Megi Bashi
Ryan Dinnan
BSides Prishtina
Technical
Wireless Security
Intro
Red
Technical Deep-dives
Demo
Talk
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2023-05
28:37
Elliptic Curve Cryptography for those who are afraid of maths
Martijn Grooten
BSides London
Technical
Cryptography
Intro
Technical Deep-dives
Talk
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2015-07
32:24
Preparing for Offensive Security Penetration Testing with Kali (PWK) and OSCP
Tony Punturiero
BSides DC
· 2019
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Red
Talk
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2019-10
57:24
Cyfrowa Twierdza – Poradnik Rebelianta (Digital Fortress – A Rebel's Guide)
Jakub Mrugalski
BSides Warsaw
· 2016
Technical
Intro
Talk
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2016-10
47:15
Closed For Business: Taking Down Darknet Markets
John Shier
BSides London
· 2019
War Stories
Intro
Blue
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
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2019-06
44:08
Podstawy cyberbezpieczeństwa (Basics of Cybersecurity)
Marcin Karpezo
BSides Warsaw
· 2016
Community
Intro
Talk
Open →
2016-10
36:35
Hacking on Bug Bounties for 10 Years: Insights and Strategies
Shubs
BSides Ahmedabad
· 2023
Career
Intro
Keynote
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2024-03
33:48
Deep Dive on the Dark Web
John Shier
BSides London
· 2018
Technical
Intro
Blue
Talk
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2018-06
1:47:36
Syslog-ng: Getting Started, Parsing Messages, Storing In Elasticsearch
Peter Czanik
BSides Luxembourg
· 2019
Technical
Intro
Workshop
Open →
2019-11
53:26
Bug Bounty Panel Discussion
BSides Ahmedabad
· 2023
Career
Intro
Panel
Open →
2023-02
44:28
What I Have Learned as a Hacker
Heath Adams
BSides Ahmedabad
· 2022
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Keynote
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2023-02
33:07
Unlocking the Power of the Flipper Zero
Jordan Bush
Cosette Mazet
BSides KC
Technical
Wireless Security
Intro
Red
Demo
Open →
2023-10
22:32
Intro to Hacking anything - Creative mind of a hacker
Rahul Sasi
BSides Ahmedabad
· 2021
Intro
Talk
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2022-04
53:37
Smart Contract Security 101
BSides Ahmedabad
Technical
Intro
Talk
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2023-02
25:25
Web Apps: APIs’ Nightmare
BSides Ahmedabad
Technical
OWASP
Web AppSec
Intro
Talk
Open →
2024-05
1:04:53
Smashing the Stack to Building ROP Chains with Gadgets
Doug Rodgers
BSides Charlotte
· 2016
Technical
Reverse Engineering
Vulnerability Research
Intro
Red
Demo
Open →
2016-05
1:01:58
How To Build Your Own Infosec Company
Mario Heiderich
BSides Lisbon
· 2018
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Keynote
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2018-12
48:45
Cyber Security for the Industrial Environment: An Intro to ISA/IEC 62443
Jim Gilsinn
BSides Delaware
· 2012
Technical
Intro
Talk
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2012-11
55:42
From Law Enforcement to Cybersecurity: Building Skills That Matter
Andrew Crotty
BSides SLC
· 2025
Career
Intro
Talk
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2025-10
47:47
IDS Configuration for Beginners
Nick Leghorn
BSides SATX
· 2018
Technical
Intro
Blue
Demo
Talk
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2018-07
47:13
BSides DC 2016 - How to Join the Infosec Community
Micah Hoffman
BSides DC
· 2016
Community
Intro
Talk
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2016-10
39:04
From What to How in Cybersecurity: Self Care, Culture, and Strategy
Jason Chan
BSides RDU
· 2021
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Keynote
Open →
2021-10
29:30
Intro to the ArchAssault Project
Tyler Bennett
BSides Charlotte
· 2015
Technical
Tooling
Intro
Red
Talk
Open →
2015-06
27:14
Soldier To Cyber by Phill Kimpton
Phill Kimpton
BSides Leeds
Career
Intro
Talk
Open →
2018-02
46:57
Together, We Could Land a Plane: Our Community as our Strength
Lesley Carhart
BSides SLC
· 2017
Community
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Keynote
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2017-06
40:44
Panel - Breaking into Information Security
Sagar Parmar
Kainat Kamal
Kavitha Sheth
Savan Gadhiya
Jigar Thakkar
Hudney Piquant
BSides Ahmedabad
· 2023
Career
Intro
Panel
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2023-02
22:25
Introduction to the use after free vulnerability and why it matters
Johnathan Fragale
BSides Delaware
· 2012
Technical
Intro
Red
Talk
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2013-04
24:54
So You Want To Be A Pentester?
Peter Bassill
BSides Leeds
· 2019
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
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2019-01
28:20
The Path to Infosec Is Not Always Linear
Rachel Tobac
BSidesSF
· 2019
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Social Engineering
Intro
Talk
Open →
2019-03
7:51
From n00b to 1337: A CTF Story
Sophia McCall
BSides London
Career
Community
CTF
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
Open →
2018-06
38:30
OWASP Top 10 Like I'm Five: From A Bug Bounty Hunter's Perspective
Dávid Schütz
BSides Budabest
· 2019
Technical
OWASP
Web AppSec
Intro
Talk
Open →
2019-06
32:30
The journey begins: Preparing for Offensive Security
Tony Punturiero
BSides DC
· 2019
Career
Intro
Talk
Open →
2019-10
13:24
MITRE D3FEND
James Gibbins
BSides London
· 2022
Technical
Detection Engineering
Threat Modeling
Intro
Blue
Talk
Open →
2022-01
43:57
TL;DR: Applying AI to Security
Clint Gibler
BSidesSF
· 2024
Technical
AI Security
Detection Engineering
Threat Intel
Intro
Talk
Open →
2024-07
25:40
How to Succeed as a Freelance Pentester
Mike Lisi
BSides Las Vegas
· 2022
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
Open →
2022-09
41:40
Building Bots for Java Games: A Beginner's Guide - Maxim G
Maxim G
BSides Prishtina
Technical
Intro
Talk
Open →
2023-05
23:19
A Noob's Intro to Biohacking, Grinding, and DIY Body Augmentation
Doug Copeland
BSides Las Vegas
· 2016
Technical
War Stories
Hardware Hacking
Physical Security
Intro
Talk
Open →
2016-08
25:36
Tales from a Hiring Manager: Interview Preparation and Career Growth
Sacha Faust
BSidesSF
· 2023
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
Open →
2023-05
48:11
The Pentester Blueprint: A Guide to Becoming a Pentester
Phillip Wylie
BSides Knoxville
· 2020
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
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2020-05
18:29
Opening words: Welcome to the New Normal
Keren Elazari
BSides TLV
· 2020
Community
Intro
Keynote
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2020-07
19:16
2025 Year Of The Linux Desktop - Victoria Gavrilova
Victoria Gavrilova
BSides Newcastle
· 2025
Community
Intro
Talk
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2025-03
40:23
Bug Bounty Year 1: $0–16k, Low to CVE #BSidesBUD2025
Bálint Magyar
BSides Budabest
· 2025
Career
Intro
Talk
Open →
2025-06
10:54
Using Network Miner To Reconstruct Network Traffic
Matthew Short
BSides London
· 2019
Technical
Intro
Blue
Demo
Talk
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2019-06
37:09
YARA Rule Writing 101
Aaron Riley
BSides KC
· 2021
Technical
Intro
Talk
Open →
2021-11
12:19
Introduction To Red Team Tooling And OpSec
Marwan El-Gendi
BSides London
· 2022
Technical
Intro
Red
Talk
Open →
2022-01
46:04
Cyber Threat Intelligence and APT 101
Ronnie Obenhaus
John Stoner
BSides DC
· 2019
Technical
Threat Intel
Intro
Talk
Open →
2019-10
26:05
Hacker Of All Trades, Master Of None
Andy Gill
BSides Leeds
· 2018
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
Open →
2018-02
59:07
Malware Analysis 101: N00b to Ninja in 60 Minutes
BSides Las Vegas
· 2014
Technical
Malware Analysis
Intro
Blue
Talk
Open →
2016-12
47:48
Get-Help: An intro to PowerShell and how to use it for evil
Jared Haight
BSides Charleston
· 2015
Technical
Intro
Talk
Open →
2015-12
23:15
Cybersecurity at Home – Protecting Your Family in a Connected World
Kody Lundell
BSides SLC
· 2025
Community
IoT
Social Engineering
Wireless Security
Intro
Talk
Open →
2025-06
48:01
An Introduction to macOS Kernel Exploitation
Jeffball
BSides Charleston
· 2018
Technical
Intro
Red
Talk
Open →
2018-11
16:47
How To Infosec Conference
Bryson Loughmiller
BSides SLC
· 2025
Community
Intro
Talk
Open →
2025-10
28:12
Job Hunt Like A Hacker
Jason Blanchard
BSides Charm
· 2022
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
Open →
2022-07
35:21
Imposter Syndrome: I Don't Feel Like Who You Think I Am
Micah Hoffman
BSides DC
· 2017
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
Open →
2017-10
30:35
Veilid, So Easy a Teenager Can Do It!
Bianca Lewis
BSides Philly
· 2023
Technical
Intro
Talk
Open →
2024-01
54:37
We Take Your Security Seriously. Or Do We?
The Beer Farmers
BSides London
· 2019
War Stories
Intro
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2019-06
19:12
Recording videos
BSides Warsaw
· 2017
Community
Tooling
Intro
Talk
Open →
2017-10
51:44
Sleeping With One AI Open: An Introduction to Attacks Against Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Eoin Wickens
Marta Janus
BSidesSF
· 2023
Technical
Machine Learning Security
Intro
Technical Deep-dives
Talk
Open →
2023-05
27:54
Blue Team Fundamentals
Benjamin Hering
BSidesSF
· 2018
Technical
Intro
Blue
Talk
Open →
2018-04
18:02
Making Malware Analysis Less Scary
Jack Resetti
BSides London
· 2025
Technical
Malware Analysis
Reverse Engineering
Intro
Blue
Demo
Talk
Open →
2026-03
55:11
Mastering Bug Bounty: The Secrets of hunting bugs by Devansh Chauhan
Devansh Chauhan
BSides Noida
· 2024
Career
Vulnerability Research
Web AppSec
Intro
Talk
Open →
2024-11
17:57
How to Get Started in Cybersecurity
John Stoner
BSides London
· 2018
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
Open →
2018-06
58:26
I for one welcome our new Cyber Overlords! An intro to ML in cybersecurity
BSides Lisbon
· 2016
Research
Technical
Intro
Empirical Research
Technical Deep-dives
Talk
Open →
2016-11
14:37
Storytelling For SOC Analysts: Effective Investigation Notetaking And Report Writing
Han O'Connor
BSides London
· 2025
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Detection Engineering
Intro
Talk
Open →
2025-02
22:47
"Introduction to Malware Development in C#" by Jayden Caelli, BSides Canberra 2023
Jayden Caelli
BSides Canberra
· 2023
Technical
Intro
Talk
Open →
2023-10
15:22
RFID Hacking — An Introduction
d3sre
BSides London
· 2014
Technical
Wireless Security
Intro
Talk
Open →
2014-05
30:58
BSidesSF 2024 - Startup Security, 2nd Edition (Evan Johnson)
Evan Johnson
BSidesSF
· 2024
Career
Intro
Talk
Open →
2024-07
14:55
Connecting the dots: A beginner's experience of threat actor tracking - Keith Short
Keith Short
BSides London
· 2018
Technical
Malware Analysis
Threat Intel
Intro
Blue
Talk
Open →
2018-06
44:45
Cyber Security Careers: It's Not Just Hacking
Deidre Diamond
BSides Peru
Career
Community
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
Open →
2017-06
44:58
Capture The Flag Introduction
Jordan Wiens
BSides Orlando
Technical
CTF
Intro
Talk
Open →
2013-04
43:35
Security 101 For New Security Professionals
David Dumas
BSides Boston
· 2013
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Network Security
Threat Intel
Intro
Talk
Open →
2013-06
14:17
My First Program: A Pentesting Tool
Nina Fasel
BSides London
· 2019
Technical
OSINT
Tooling
Intro
Talk
Open →
2019-06
17:00
Run-time Tools to aid Application Security Assessments
Sasha Zivojinovic
BSides London
Technical
Intro
Talk
Open →
2014-05
55:42
Build Your Own Threat Intel Platform (No Budget Required)
A. Stryker
BSides SLC
· 2026
Technical
AI Security
OSINT
Threat Intel
Intro
Talk
Open →
2026-04
25:35
Secret Hunting
Tanya Janca
BSidesSF
· 2023
Technical
DevSecOps
Supply Chain Security
Intro
Blue
Talk
Open →
2023-05
23:20
Burnout Sucks: Surviving and Thriving in High Stress Environments
Josh Michaels
BSides Seattle
· 2024
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
Open →
2024-05
52:05
Hacker TikTok: Community, Creativity, and Controversy
Kyle Tobener
Serena
Andrew
Kylie Robison
BSidesSF
· 2022
Community
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Panel
Open →
2022-07
43:54
Hackinabox: Self-Contained Pen Testing Lab
Marv White
BSides SLC
· 2016
Technical
Hardware Hacking
Intro
Talk
Open →
2016-05
45:43
Containers: Not Your Mama's Tupperware
Ell Marquez
BSides SATX
· 2018
Technical
Intro
Talk
Open →
2018-07
33:04
Hacker Rights
Chloé Messdaghi
BSides Boston
· 2020
Community
Policy
Intro
Keynote
Open →
2020-09
43:03
Social Engineerios: How AI Changes (and Doesn't Change) Social Engineering
Aaron Strong
BSides Tampa
· 2026
Technical
AI Security
Social Engineering
Intro
Blue
Talk
Open →
2026-02
41:46
The Expanding Universe of Cyber Threats
Dr. Xena Olsen
BSidesSF
· 2023
Technical
Threat Intel
Intro
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Keynote
Open →
2023-05
26:54
Introduction to OWASP Juice Shop
Tim Corless-Carter
BSides Manchester
· 2019
Technical
OWASP
Vulnerability Research
Web AppSec
Intro
Red
Demo
Open →
2019-09
48:40
Getting Started in Cybersecurity
John Stoner
BSides DC
· 2018
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
Open →
2018-11
30:30
The Art of Cybersecurity Mastery: From Entry-Level to Staff+
Florian Noeding
BSidesSF
· 2025
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
Open →
2025-10
21:19
10 Steps to Build & Lead a Competitive Cybersecurity/CTF Team
John Hammond
Bsides CT
· 2018
Career
Community
CTF
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
Open →
2018-11
47:41
Sharing Vulnerabilities
Clint Gibler
BSidesSF
· 2025
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Keynote
Open →
2025-10
34:13
Minecraft Hacking for Beginners
Zoltán Balázs
BSides Budabest
· 2023
Technical
Intro
Talk
Open →
2025-03
45:29
Getting Started in Reverse Engineering
Marc Messer
BSides Knoxville
· 2023
Technical
CTF
Malware Analysis
Reverse Engineering
Intro
Talk
Open →
2023-05
52:03
BB King - Hack for Show, Report for Dough
Brian King
BSides Columbus
· 2020
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
Open →
2020-08
23:04
Security Automation Simplified
Moses Schwartz
BSidesSF
· 2019
Technical
DevSecOps
Intro
Talk
Open →
2019-03
1:04:06
Inside Cloud Security Essentials with Shashank Dubey
Shashank Dubey
Karthik VMA
BSides Noida
· 2024
Career
Technical
Intro
Talk
Open →
2024-11
19:25
So You're the First Security Hire: Creating a Security Program and Integrating Security into Your Company's Culture
Bryan Zimmer
BSidesSF
· 2020
Career
Career & Soft Skills
Intro
Talk
Open →
2020-03
19:28
XXE for Dummies
Brian Myers
BSides PDX
· 2019
Technical
OWASP
Web AppSec
Intro
Demo
Talk
Open →
2019-11
25:29
Unlocking macOS Internals: A Beginner's Guide to Apple's Open Source Code
Olivia Gallucci
BSides 312
· 2025
Technical
Intro
Technical Deep-dives
Talk
Open →
2025-10
41:59
Imperfect Security: Doing Less to Achieve Better Security
Kevin Hanaford
BSidesSF
· 2024
Career
Intro
Talk
Open →
2024-07
14:14
Teaching Kids Programming and Cyber Security
Dalian Terry
Sam Sanoop
BSides London
· 2014
Community
Intro
Talk
Open →
2014-05
4:14:50
Hardware Hacking Workshop
Jilles Vandermeulen
BSides Pakistan
· 2020
Technical
Hardware Hacking
IoT
Reverse Engineering
Intro
Workshop
Open →
2020-11
27:56
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Information Security
Kellman Meghu
BSides Toronto
· 2014
Career
Intro
Talk
Open →
2014-12
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